It’s been a while, but Motor City Rocks will be posting many more album reviews very soon. Peer Review, as we call it, is when a bunch of us sit down and listen to a record, then tear it to shreads through the veil of anonymity. Don’t think anonymity can turn you into a jerk? Head over to Eat This City’s comment section. We do our best to promote local music, if our Peer Review seems harsh, just remember:

“One becomes a critic when one cannot be an artist, just as a man becomes a stool pigeon when he cannot be a soldier.” – Gustave Flaubert

I hate this. Me too. Sounds like Betty Blowtorch. Sounds like Marcie Bolen. I don’t think this is Marcy Bolen. Sounds like a song that would play in a movie about a girl punk band. This is the remake of the Josie and the Pussy cats soundtrack. A lot of bands like this I feel like they’re calling it in. Sounds like so many girl punk bands. There’s zero passion whatsoever. Like hey, let’s make a band that sounds like The Runaways. Boring boring boring. I didn’t know the Donnas were a Detroit band. Sounds like something I’ve heard before.

I think the people who are listening to this are going because they want this specific thing satisfied. You don’t watch Scooby Doo for variety, you watch it because you like Scooby Doo. This Is just so generic sounding. I guess you could say they’re good at replicating this exact style. The Whip It Sountrack volume 2. These gus will do the soundtrack to the Joan Jett movie. It’s not quite riot girl, it’s more like domestic disturbance girl, noise complaint girl. This is a Ramones cover, right? Am I an asshole because if this was an all guy band I would give it a 1, but because they’re female vocals I want to give it a 2. If they were singing about smashing the patriarchy I might like it. If they were super politicized I would totally love it. They need to sing about cutting off dicks, or how dead men can’t rape. This band would definitely be better live. They have a 4 5 6 7 8’s feel. I could dance to it. Well executed but generic. Whoa, was that an F-bomb? Shit just got real! I have a feeling too that it sounds flat because of the way the album was mixed. There’s no edge. Making a girl punk band this bland is a crime. If the lyrics were “satan is our dark lord” it might be a bit better. Sounds sexy, I’m just not buying it. It didn’t touch me in any way at all. That was insulting to the whole musical movement I think.

Randomized scores = 1.5, 2, 1, 1.5= 1.5

Your critics:

Steve Barman	Kevin Eckert
Lance Mitchell	Chris Theisen